albysky Triglot Senior Member Italy lang-8.com/1108796Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4393 days ago 287 posts - 393 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German
| Message 1 of 13 23 January 2014 at 6:42pm | IP Logged |
Assuming i would be able to have a year off after my graduation ,what would be the best way to take
advantage of it ? Pure self study ,finding natives around me to talk to after some months of intense L/R ,
then attend an advanced language course abroad in the last 2 months ? Any other suggestions ? My
degree has nothing to do with languages so i can not go on to learn russian in an accademic institution .
My target would be to reach B2/C1.
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Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5339 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 2 of 13 23 January 2014 at 7:07pm | IP Logged |
With one year off (and the necessary resources) I would go to a language school in Russia - preferably
Novosibirsk or somewhere with as few foreigners as possible.
I am longing to do something similar, only I would only be able to go for a month or two, but I would definitely
be looking at a private language school in Russia. Since I would have to go in November/December, I am not
altogether sure that I would have the guts to go to Siberia though :-) Perhaps more Odessa in Ukraine?
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albysky Triglot Senior Member Italy lang-8.com/1108796Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4393 days ago 287 posts - 393 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German
| Message 3 of 13 23 January 2014 at 7:22pm | IP Logged |
[QUOTE=Solfrid Cristin] With one year off (and the necessary resources) I would go to a language school
in Russia - preferably
Novosibirsk or somewhere with as few foreigners as possible.
I am longing to do something similar, only I would only be able to go for a month or two, but I would
definitely
be looking at a private language school in Russia. Since I would have to go in November/December, I am
not
altogether sure that I would have the guts to go to Siberia though :-) Perhaps more Odessa in Ukraine? [/
QUOTE]
Yes I agree , the Black Sea appeals to me as well . Are those language programs expensive as far as you
know ?
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Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5339 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 4 of 13 23 January 2014 at 8:17pm | IP Logged |
I only have personal experience with NovaMova in Kyiv which is a great school, and which is fairly affordable.
They have a branch in Odessa, but I am not quite sure that they operate in the winter. I looked at the prices
at a school in Irkutsk which was very pricy, so I guess it would make sense to look around.
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Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6602 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish
| Message 5 of 13 23 January 2014 at 8:29pm | IP Logged |
You can also see if you can find anything in Belarus.
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Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5339 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian
| Message 6 of 13 23 January 2014 at 10:07pm | IP Logged |
No disrespect to Belarus, but if I am to go through all the hassle of a visa, I would personally rather take
Russia to avoid any interference from the local language. I love Ukraine, but the interference from Ukrainian
drives me crazy.
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Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6602 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish
| Message 7 of 13 23 January 2014 at 10:54pm | IP Logged |
You'll come across muuuuch less Belarusian in Belarus than Ukrainian in Ukraine. And it will cost far less money.
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albysky Triglot Senior Member Italy lang-8.com/1108796Registered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4393 days ago 287 posts - 393 votes Speaks: Italian*, English, German
| Message 8 of 13 24 January 2014 at 11:20am | IP Logged |
Serpent wrote:
You'll come across muuuuch less Belarusian in Belarus than Ukrainian in Ukraine. And
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Do you really think that they offer the same quality for far less money ?
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